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A novel procalcitonin-based score for detecting sepsis among critically ill patients

BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT) has been widely investigated as an infection biomarker. The study aimed to prove that serum PCT, combining with other relevant variables, has an even better sepsis-detecting ability in critically ill patients. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study in a re...

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Autores principales: Tsui, Tung-Lin, Huang, Ya-Ting, Kan, Wei-Chih, Huang, Mao-Sheng, Lai, Min-Yu, Ueng, Kwo-Chang, Shiao, Chih-Chung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7822524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33481913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245748